The term is used loosely in a lot of films. A lot of writers and directors are inspired by an event but create something else out of it. Many people assume that the terms based on a true story and inspired by true events are the same thing, when in fact they are very different.
Very true. Then again, isn’t 99% of fiction “inspired” by some kind of true event? Every home invasion movie since 1969 can claim to be “inspired” by the Manson murders because it’s ingrained in our national psyche.
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Does anyone edit your posts before you hit submit? This post, while entertaining, is rife with misspellings and mistaken grammar. I like your writings but since I am a self-confessed grammar nazi (to my eternal detriment), the mistakes are distracting.
I think they lump a bunch of true events together. Texas chainsaw was loosely based on ed gein. It also said the same claim. The strangers was the 1st movie to creep me out in a long while. Not so much the “masked intruders” but the premise of someone just randomly banging on your door in the middle of the night. Imagine being all comfy watch in tv or whatever & all of a sudden KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! Well it got me anyway.
people can research the film to see how much if anything is true dont they know that still the events in the film could happen to anyone looking forward to the sequel in march 2018
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